What is the Remedy for Women Harassed, Humiliated, Ravished & Modesty Outraged
What is the Remedy When a Woman is Harassed, Humiliated, Ravished & Her Modesty Outraged /Violated at her Workplace?
Case in Brief:
Ms. Maira arrived at the S T Road Office of AXN Pvt Ltd
by 9.30 am to attend her Selection Interview Rounds, scheduled to begin at 10
am for the position in Human Relations Management & Development Department.
For reaching the on time for her Selection Interview, she had well-planned to start
from her place of Residence, almost 25 kilometres away from her Interview Venue.
She was punctual, as always feeling better and on the top of the world.
Ms. Maira had meticulously completed her Two Years
Post-Graduate Program in Management from a reputed Management School with
flying colors and was rather prouder of her genre accomplishments than her
Parents and siblings.
Her Selection Interview Rounds started little late
by Twenty minutes behind schedule. Yet, she maintained her Gracefullness and
fared very well before the Selection Interview Committee comprising of the middle-aged
Executive Director as the Chairperson, and the other Two Members from the
Finance Department and the Human Resource Management Department as the Member
and the Member-Secretary of the Selection Committee duly nominated by the Top
Management Team.
Soon after, in course of the ongoing Selection
Process, one of the Interviewer started appreciating her physical appearance, particularly
the Light Pink Nail Polish on her nails.
Ms. Maira with almost with over Nine (09) years of
illustrious Employment Record, blushed a bit, initially and before she
could respond, the same Individual Interviewer commented to
the effect that if she would promise, she would use the same color of
Nail Polish, every day for work, she would be instantaneously
Offered Employment as HR Manager-Probationer, forthwith.
Ms. Maira initially
was perplexed and was at a loss for few minutes but recovered soon but spoke
nothing. She was asked to wait a while and after two hours wait; at the
Reception Lounge, an Offer Letter was handed over to her personally by the
same Individual Interviewer. She was not quite jubilant yet thanked
him and left the Office for the
She reported for joining her
Employment-on-Probation, the next day and noticed that the same
Interviewer was waiting at the Reception Counter to welcome her. The day of
joining was spent on induction and frequent praises from him for her appealing
Looks while escorting her to the Office Cafeteria during Tea Break and volunteered
to get a Cup of Coffee for herself. Yet Ms. Maira was not impressed.
Ms. Maira “Not at Ease” and feeing unsafe and overwhelmed herself over the following few workdays, remained “disturbed looking”, underperforming, and silently miserable. The Person however did not stop hovering around her on some pretext or the other.
Getting No desired response from her, during first Ten
Days of her Probation, the aforesaid Individual who happened to be her
Immediate Superior, started showing his True Colours and issued her a Verbal
Warning on the Fourteenth Day of her Probation which she received nonchalantly.
The next harrowing Experience for Ms. Maira soon followed
when she received a Written Warning Letter that her Probationary Period would
stand Terminated, sooner than later if
her performance and Behavior were not conducive at the Workplace.
Points-to-Ponder:
1. 1. What should you Do as the nominated Presiding Officer, the Employee-Member, and or Non-Employee, Third-Party Member (External) in the above-mentioned situation?
2. 2. What Disciplinary Action-Steps
you shall initiate as the Employer of the Workplace where this series of
Incidents/ occurrences were allowed to take place?
3. 3. Are
these said series of incidences/ occurrences amount to Outraging the Modesty of Ms. Maira?
4. 4. Are these
acts Abstruse Violation of Ms. Maira’s Fundamental
Right to Live with Dignity & Honour, and
5. 5. Is it an
instance of Shameful Violation of Women's Fundamental Right to a Safe and Secure
Workplace Environment and her Right to & Practice any Avocation,
Profession, anywhere; and
6. Do you think that Many
Women May Hesitate to File their SH Complaints under False, Frivolous &
Untenable Impressions that they are Hapless, Helpless in such situations and
their Helplessness Shall Perpetuate.
Lest many continue to suffer Silently, Let’s Find Some Effective Remedies.
Request all Presiding Officers and Employee-Members to please Share their
Knowledge, Know-How, and Understanding of the Issues stated above. Comments
or Guidance in this situation is also Welcome.
In absence
of Clear-Cut Guidelines, many Aggrieved Women, are subjected to Harassment,
Humiliation, Outrage, Violated, and ravished at their Workplace or Arising out
of their Employment.
PoSH Advisors, PoSH Consultants, PoSH Enablers, PoSH Guides, and PoSH Practitioners are Welcome to Comment; Spl Request to the Non-Employee External Members of ICs to please Offer their Suggestions.
Harsh K Sharan,
XLRI Jamshedpur Alumnus 1967-69 PMIR
Co-Founder Director of Kritarth Consulting Pvt Ltd
ksharan@kritarth.in, shakti@kritarth.in. hksharan@gmail.com
Call 9560453756. 7th February 2024 updated and reposted
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